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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: Wendax on November 09, 2011, 02:30:12 AM

Title: Solved: Wendax 381 - Th. Lafitte 6 CV
Post by: Wendax on November 09, 2011, 02:30:12 AM
Nice rear seat arrangement.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Post by: Wendax on November 16, 2011, 02:16:29 AM
up
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Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2011, 02:36:47 AM
Prewar stuff is pro stuff
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 25, 2011, 01:40:44 PM
Another French voiturette?
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Post by: Wendax on November 25, 2011, 01:43:29 PM
Oui, monsieur
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Post by: pguillem on November 25, 2011, 06:09:13 PM
Is it a Mourre ?
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Post by: Wendax on November 26, 2011, 01:36:15 AM
No, it isn't.
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 27, 2011, 08:10:44 AM
Existed in the first half of the 1920s?
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Post by: Wendax on November 27, 2011, 08:31:08 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 27, 2011, 08:10:44 AM
Existed in the first half of the 1920s?
Yes, but not only
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 27, 2011, 08:49:01 AM
existed in the 1930s too?
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Post by: Wendax on November 27, 2011, 08:54:17 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 27, 2011, 08:49:01 AM
existed in the 1930s too?
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on November 27, 2011, 09:03:29 AM
exited only in the 1920s?
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Post by: Wendax on November 27, 2011, 09:04:59 AM
Yes
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Post by: Oguerrerob on December 01, 2011, 08:37:46 AM
Panthere?
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Post by: Wendax on December 01, 2011, 08:54:19 AM
No
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Post by: grobmotorix on December 02, 2011, 03:26:07 AM
G.A.R.?
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Post by: Wendax on December 02, 2011, 04:28:17 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 03, 2011, 04:21:15 AM
small cars only or did they produce bigger cars as well?
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Post by: Wendax on December 03, 2011, 01:21:07 PM
Only small cars
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 05:43:04 AM
Again, based near Paris?
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 06:00:31 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 05:43:04 AM
Again, based near Paris?
Not near, but in Paris  :D
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Post by: grobmotorix on December 04, 2011, 10:27:39 AM
Societe des Automobiles A.S.S.?
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 11:28:07 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 11:50:48 AM
Madou?
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 11:57:46 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 12:21:22 PM
Santax?
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 12:24:36 PM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 12:27:54 PM
Just to make sure: this compsany wasn't around before the 1st WW, were they?
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 01:11:23 PM
The company existed only during the 1920s. But I looked at another source than before and there I found that the factory was not in Paris, but nearby. Sorry for that, but it seems that Georgano was wrong.
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 02:06:22 PM
Factory location: Courbevoie?
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Post by: grobmotorix on December 04, 2011, 02:27:17 PM
FL?
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 03:24:32 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 02:06:22 PM
Factory location: Courbevoie?
No, but just around 5 km away
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 03:25:55 PM
Quote from: grobmotorix on December 04, 2011, 02:27:17 PM
FL?
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 04, 2011, 03:47:03 PM
Neuilly-sur-Seine?
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Post by: Wendax on December 04, 2011, 03:49:30 PM
Wrong direction
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 05, 2011, 03:18:38 AM
Argenteuil?
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Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2011, 03:27:43 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 05, 2011, 03:37:07 AM
Was it located in Suresnes?
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Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2011, 03:45:37 AM
Wrong direction again  ;D
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Post by: João on December 06, 2011, 12:26:57 AM
A Tic-Tac from Puteaux?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 02:23:59 AM
Not a Tic-Tac and not from Puteaux
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 05:31:53 AM
 ;D
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 07:20:38 AM
Colombes?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 07:33:45 AM
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 07:59:51 AM
Clichy?
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Post by: woodinsight on December 06, 2011, 08:05:54 AM
Benjamin?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 08:53:59 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 07:59:51 AM
Clichy?
No, but getting closer
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 08:56:27 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on December 06, 2011, 08:05:54 AM
Benjamin?
No
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 08:56:56 AM
Asniéres sur Seine?
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Post by: woodinsight on December 06, 2011, 09:02:12 AM
Francon of Saint-Ouen?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 09:04:54 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 08:56:56 AM
Asniéres sur Seine?
Almost, just go one step further
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 09:05:31 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on December 06, 2011, 09:02:12 AM
Francon of Saint-Ouen?
Neither Francon nor Saint-Ouen
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 09:08:06 AM
Senechal from Gennevilliers?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 09:09:28 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 09:08:06 AM
Senechal from Gennevilliers?
Senechal: no,
Gennevilliers: yes
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 09:10:14 AM
Lafitte?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 09:11:04 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 09:10:14 AM
Lafitte?
Yes, locked for you to find the model designation
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
This is quite interesting. Back in the 1920s, Lóránd Méray-Horváth, who set up the Méray Motorcycle company in Budapest in 1923 bought a Lafitte in France. His son described its friction drive to me. The Méray company apparently created a touring car prototype, based on the Lafitte. Though the photo is dated 1924, I believe this happened a bit later, around 1928.

As for the puzzle car, is that a 7 HP model?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 11:37:04 AM
Very interesting. Did it have the Lafitte radial three cylinder engine?

As for the puzzle car, it is not a 7 CV. Slightly less  ;)
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 11:52:32 AM
I don't think the Méray had a radial engine.

As for the puzzle car, there was a Model D with that 736 cc engine. Is that the one which is pictured?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2011, 12:05:07 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 06, 2011, 11:52:32 AM
As for the puzzle car, there was a Model D with that 736 cc engine. Is that the one which is pictured?
Yes, I think so. The brochure I took this picture from calls it a 6 CV, but it has the same engine as the Model D and looks like it.

One more point for you.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 381 - Th. Lafitte 6 CV
Post by: woodinsight on December 13, 2011, 03:21:03 AM
A survivor in the UK -
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Post by: Wendax on September 03, 2012, 02:41:35 AM
A period ad:
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Post by: grobmotorix on November 22, 2014, 03:40:35 PM
Two more 1924 photos of the Lafitte:
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Post by: pnegyesi on October 03, 2019, 01:00:07 PM
Seen this photo at Retromobile back in February
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Post by: Wendax on October 03, 2019, 01:44:46 PM
 :)
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